SCRThe European Union is weakening key parts of its artificial intelligence and data protection laws following pressure from technology companies and the US government. Robert Hart and Dominic Preston report for The Verge. The European Commission has proposed changes that extend the deadline for high-risk AI regulations originally set to take effect next summer. These …
Meta’s AI-generated video feed Vibes has attracted approximately 2 million daily active users as of November 9, according to internal documents. Pranav Dixit reports for Business Insider that the feature grew by about 1% from the previous week. The company launched Vibes in late September within its Meta AI app. Users can create and scroll …
Google’s latest artificial intelligence model, Gemini 3, represents a significant step beyond conversational chatbots. The model functions as an agent that can understand complex goals and execute multi-step tasks on a computer. Ethan Mollick writes for his Substack newsletter “One Useful Thing” about his tests of the new system. He concludes that AI is evolving …
A startup with just eight employees is using artificial intelligence to generate 3,000 podcast episodes each week. The company, Inception Point AI, has already published over 175,000 AI-generated episodes on platforms like Spotify and Apple. Tess Patton reports for The Wrap that the company’s podcast network, Quiet Please, has achieved 12 million downloads and attracted …
OpenAI has begun piloting a new “Group Chats” feature, allowing multiple users to collaborate with each other and with ChatGPT in a single, shared conversation. In its announcement, the company stated the feature is designed for planning, making decisions, or working through ideas together. The pilot is currently available for all logged-in ChatGPT users, including …
Microsoft has launched a new platform called Agent 365, designed to help businesses manage and secure their growing number of artificial intelligence agents. Announced at the company’s annual Ignite conference, the tool is described as a “control plane” that provides a unified observability layer for all AI agents an enterprise uses, regardless of whether they …
Financial documents from artificial intelligence startups Anthropic and OpenAI reveal two vastly different business strategies. Berber Jin reports for The Wall Street Journal that Anthropic is on a path to become profitable much faster than its larger rival by taking a more cautious approach to growth. The documents, which were shared with investors, show that …
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, views artificial intelligence as a technology that could fulfill his long-held vision of a machine-readable web. In an interview on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, he expresses concern about how AI companies currently operate and the potential consequences for the open web. Berners-Lee explains that while …
Microsoft announced a fundamental restructuring of its Windows operating system to natively support autonomous AI agents. According to the company, this will transform Windows into what executives call an “agentic OS,” designed to allow software programs to perform complex, multi-step tasks on behalf of users. The changes were presented at Microsoft’s Ignite conference. The new …
Google announced the launch of Gemini 3, a new series of artificial intelligence models the company describes as its “most intelligent” and capable to date. The flagship model, Gemini 3 Pro, was made available immediately across several key Google products, including the Gemini app and Google Search. The launch signals a significant push by the …